The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-22
a SCENE 4 e A wEDDING.

"A SCENE n WEDDING.
what Happened Y the Nuptial Ceremony
of NeNSSorlS Couple.
(From tho NV York Times)
n merry wedding party assembled
Sunday evening il Vienna Hall, at 58th
street and LeNniton avenue, to ccle-
Drate the nuptlalSpf Miss Irene 8eckel,
the youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Beckel, OF ll3 Lexington avenue,
and Hermann Sheyer, IL woll-known
young Montreal foInmission merchant.
Tho marriage cermony had Just been
performed by the Rev. DR.. Koehler, of
the BETHEL SYM goguo, in Lexington
avenue; tho newlE married couple had
received the congratulations Of the as
semblod relatives and friends, and the
muslc had just STRUCK up for the
polonaise, which vas to be led by the
bride and groom, Ehen sounds of q dis
turbance and lotd ordinations in a
woman g voice HFoto heard from the YES
tibulc.
Several gentlemen hurried out and
found O handsome ]ittlo ark-eyed Jewess
on the point of falling in faint. The
first to reach her side recoiled upon see
''6 N'AS SILVIA VI ~ ISNOJNSG
flashing from the folds of her dress, but
ne recovered himself and caught the
fainting woman With one arm, while
with the other hi snatched the pistol
from her grasp. summoning one of the
company to his assistance, he hurried
the passive woman into the elevator and
conducted her TO 10 upper room, send
ing out to tho company the information
that servant hal fuinted. DR.. Isaac
Oppenhcimer wassent to her assistance,
and whisper in he ear of the bride
groom led hum td hastily excuse mu-
sell lor q moment and hurry after the
physician.
When, with the lush Of his new honor
stlll sutfusinG his d,ceks, the newly mar
rlcd man entered fc chamber, he was
confronted by q tSuro from which he
recolied III evidonacrrOr, and he would
have made u precSitate flight had not
the BURNING worddof the woman held
him as by Il spell. With painting breath
ana flashing eyes, pno hand upon her
heayln& breast and the other pointing
as II to trnnsfiX Ye bridegroom, she
cried: "Gou have lrokcn my heart and
ruined my life, ala now you cast mo
INTO the world witlouGa a name" With
this her strength RiIcd, and she sank
back upon the bed ln Il swoon.
The three men Who had been witness
es Of this scene hGtily pushed Scheycr
from the room, telling him to go back
and conduct himsof rs il nothing hap
pened; they wou]dtake care of the wo-
man. Scheycr fingered in the hall q
moment to collect lis scattered faculties,
and went back to 4e side of the girl
who had just becd dne his vile. The
guests were Quietcdwith the assurance
tha5 the feinting woman had been sent
homo Ill II carriage
The music struck up, the dance wont
Oh, and JOY was apparently unconfined.
InlS occurred u hGle after o'clock. IN
q few moments tll3 woman had recover
ed sufficiently to DO conducted to her
carriage and drlvfn 20 her hotel in East
lith street. Arriving there about s
O'Clock she spent The next hour and a
half i'll writing on the story of her rcla-
tions with Hernia i'm Scheyer.
From this stat lment and somo clip
pings from AOntital newspapers it np-
pears that she lid been behaved hy
Scheyer under prfmse OF marriage in
Montreal over twd yars ago. Her name
is Viola Cohen and SIC is the daughter
Of wcll-to-do dcdor.or. Some months
after finding that Sceyer did not in
tend 10 fulfill his promise, size laid in
wait Tor hI'n OF the stect and shot him,
lDfilctlng, however, onY n slight abrasion
OF the arm. With thCnoiso of the re-
port she tainted awaS and when she
again recovered conciousncss found
herself in hospital we'd, her baby hy
her sldo. No prosecutor followed her
attempt upon Scheyer'Ilifc, and she was
allowed upon rcc0TtY to leave The
| hospital without mOlstation. 4 few
weeks after this the cid was spirito
away mysteriousl y, md though the
mother has sought itjIcssantly, she has
not seen it since.
Learning few days syo that Scheycr
had gone to New York b be married to
Miss Bcckel, Miss Coha determined if
possible to prevent the crcmony. With
out stopping to pack eva a satchel she
came here, arriving Suntay morning and
going at once to a hotel. There she re.
manned oil day, awaihngtho time fixed
for tho ceremony, when he intended to
appear and proclaim herHrongs. This,
according TO Jewish customs, would have
prevented themarriagc. But she came
too late. The ceremony had been fin.
1Shed' and according to thl law Hermann
Schoyer and lreno Beckelwere man and
wife.
at $50 o'clock Miss Cohen started for
Boston on her way baG6 to Montreal,
still Vowing n speedy vengeance upon
Scheyer In the meantime the wedding
festivities went on VIENNA Hall.
Shortly, after midnls the bride and
groom bade their frienC Goodbye and
retired to their hotel, W y they left at
m eo"'y hon" for their f,lre homo in
Montreal.
He Felt GRATEFUL.